Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession.
It is in the love of one's family only that heartfelt happiness is known.
Books may be classed from the Faculties of the mind
Nothing is so engaging as the little domestic cares into which you appear to be entering, and as to reading it is useful for onlyfilling up the chinks of more useful and healthy occupations.
Although we are free by the law, we are not so in practice.
To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.